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Cassidulus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2279091	https://www.gbif.org/species/2279091
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	33197	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33197

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Cassidulidae : Cassidulus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Cassidulidae : Cassidulus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea
-	Carinacea	Kroh and Smith 2010
-	Irregularia
-	Microstomata	Smith 1984
-	Neognathostomata	Smith 1981
order	Cassiduloida	Agassiz and Desor 1847
suborder	Cassidulina
family	Cassidulidae	Agassiz and Desor 1847
genus	Cassidulus	Lamarck 1801

Scientific Name

Cassidulus Lamarck, 1801

Name Published In

Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. 1801. Systéme des animaux sans vertèbres. Deterville, Paris.: i-viii; 1-432; pls. 1-6.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cassidulus	subgenus	belongs to Nucleolites	stated with evidence	Forbes, 1846
Cassidulus	genus	belongs to Cassidulidae	stated without evidence	Clark and Twitchell, 1915
Cassidulus	genus	belongs to Cassidulidae	stated with evidence	Kier, 1966
Cassidulus	genus	belongs to Cassidulidae	stated without evidence	Nisiyama, 1968
Cassidulus	genus	belongs to Cassiduloida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cassidulus	genus	belongs to Cassidulidae	stated with evidence	Smith, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Cassiduloida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

detritivore (based on Cassiduloida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Cassiduloida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cassidulus (Cassidulus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cassidulus (Galerolampas) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cassidulus abruptus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cassidulus amygdala ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cassidulus bassleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus berryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus briareus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus californicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus caribaearum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cassidulus complanatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus conoideus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus cubensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus delectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus depressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus doncieuxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus ellipticus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus emmonsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus ericsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus evergladensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus faberi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus fontis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus georgiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus globosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus gouldii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Cassidulus infidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus kellumi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus kieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus mercedensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Cassidulus mestieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus mexicanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus mitis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus peroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus platypetalus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus porrectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus provincialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus rojanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus rojasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Cassidulus romani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus sabistonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus santolayae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus senni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus sphaeroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus stantoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus subconicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus taylori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus vasseuri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus ynezensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulus yoshiwarai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cassidulus zanolettii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucleolites (Cassidulus) elatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Nucleolites elatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pygorhynchus gouldii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cassidula de Blainville, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Cassidulidae : *Cassidula*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1801	Cassidulus Lamarck p. 348
1846	Nucleolites (Cassidulus) Forbes p. 162
1915	Cassidulus Clark and Twitchell p. 74
1938	Cassidulus Grant and Hertlein p. 107
1942	Cassidulus Cooke p. 30
1962	Cassidulus Kier p. 174
1966	Cassidulus Kier p. U514
1968	Cassidulus Nisiyama p. 8
2002	Cassidulus Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Cassidulus Smith pp. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/ec

References

Lamarck J. -B. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux 8, 1-432

Forbes E. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe, Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7, 97-174

Clark W. B., Twitchell M. W. (1915) The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54, 1-341

Grant U. S., Hertlein L. G. (1938) The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea, Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2, 1-225

Cooke C. W. (1942) Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States, Journal of Paleontology 16, 1-62

Kier P. M. (1962) Revision of the cassiduloid echinoids, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 144 3, 1-262

Kier P. M. (1966) Cassiduloids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. 3 (2). Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence, U492-U523

Nisiyama S. (1968) The echinoid fauna from Japan and adjacent regions, Part II, Paalaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 13, 1-480

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Smith A. B. (2009) Classification of the Echinoidea, Online database

Kier, Porter M., and Mary Hurd Lawson, 1978: Index of Living and Fossil Echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, no. 34. vi + 182. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Fell, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Anim. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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